Holder for train-orders.



120,724,024.,` PATBNTED MAR. 31,1903.

. 0. A. LU0KP1ELD.

HOLDER FOR TRAIN QRDERS.

APPLICATION FILED N0v.17. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED ASTATES y PALENT OFFICE.

CHARLES AUGUST LUCKFILD, OF INDIO, CALIFORNIA.

HOLDER FORvTRAlN-ORDER-S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 724,024, dated March31, 1903. lApplication filed November 17, 1902. Serial No. 131,733. (Nomodel.) i

To all whom, it weary concern-.-

Be it known thatLCHARLEs AUGUST LUCK- FIELD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Indio, in the county of Riverside and State ofCalifornia., haveinvented a new and useful Holder for'Train-Orders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices employed for the purpose of supportingtrain-orders and telegraphic orother communications in position to bedelivered to engineers, conductors, or other employees of trains whilein motion and which may likewise be employed for delivering messagesfrom the train Withontstopping; and the object of the invention is toprovide a very simple and efficient device to which the train-orders orother communications will be attached and which will be supported inposition to be received by the conductor or other employee while thetrain is in motion; and theinvention consists in the construction of aband, preferably of Wire, having a clip for holding the communicationand adapted to be supported in position to be received upon the arm ofthe engineer, conductor, or other employee upon the train While thelatter is in motion.

The invention further consists in certain novel features of theconstruction of the band and clip, all as hereinafter shown anddescribed, and specified in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative of theinvention, in which like characterswill be employed to designate'corresponding parts in the differentfigures, Figure 1 represents a perspective View of the device. Fig. 2 isa side elevation, enlarged, of the clip portion of the device. Fig. 3 isa transverse section, enlarged, on the line III III of Fig. 1.

The improved device consists of a band 10, preferably formed of a singlepiece of Wire bent in a circular form, with a clip for supporting theorders located at one point thereon. bar ll, connected by one end to theband and with the side adjacent to the body of the band preferablyconcaved, as shown, and adapted when compressed against the band topartially enclasp it, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

An approved construction and the manner of attaching the clip is shown,consisting in forming the tapered bar 11 integral with the Thisholding-clip consists of a tapered band at one end and uniting the otherend to the body of the band by entwisting it around the band at thejuncture of the bar 11 therewith at 12. By this means the bar with oneend free therefrom, as shown in Fig. 2. v

Slidably disposed upon the band adjacent to the tapered clip-bar 1l is aferrule 13,

and thus compress it forcibly into engagement with the body of the band,as shown in Fig. l.

The tapered portion 11 may be of any desired length and adapted to holdtrain-orders or other papers of any size. Trainor ders are usually inthe form of telegraphblanks, one of which is indicated at 14 in positionbetween the parts 1l and 10.

The band 10 will be large enough to enable the engineer or conductor toinsert his arm through it While held in proper position` by any personor otherwise supported, and thus transfer the device, With the orderattached, to the train Without 4necessitating the stopspeed. The bandmaybe held by a person on the ground in a convenient position to bereceived by the conductor or engineer on the train, or it may bedetachably supported upon a post or other support, and will be fo'undvery convenient and efficient for the purpose described.

The device is verysimple and cheap in conciently strong to withstand thestrains to which it will be subjected.

The Wire employed willl preferably be of steel, but'may be of any othersuitable material.

While the form shown for forming-the bar Il and securing it to the bodyof the vband is the preferable one, I do not Wish to be limited thereto,as the juncture may be accomplished by any other suitable means, and Itherefore claim the right to connect the parts by any suitable meanswhich Will Y'accomplish the same result. The tapering of the end l1imparts a spring-like action thereto, which materially assists inholding the -order between the parts, While the concaved inner surfacelikewise adds materially to the grip bel1. lies contiguous tothe body ofthe band, Y

adapted to be passed over the tapered end, Y

page of the 1atter`or the reduction of' its l struction and will be madeof material sufiy tween the parts and greatlyincreases the security'without increasing the ezgpense or weight. The tapering of the end llalso serves as awedge when the ferrule 13 is forced along it, whichincreases the grip between the parts to a still greater extent andeffectually prevents accidental displacement.

While the band 10 is shown in circular shape and while this is thepreferable form, it may be made in hexagonal, triangular, or in anyother desired shape having an unobstructed interior through which thearm of the person who is to receive the message may be thrust, and anymere change of form of this portion of the invention would not beadeparture from the principle of theinvention, and I therefore reservethe right to construct the band in any desired shape and to employ thedevice to support communications of any character.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1 1. A deviceof the character described con sisting of a band having a movableclip-'bar attached thereto by one end, and a ferrule slidably disposedupon said band and adapted to clamp the free end of said bar intoengagement with said hand, whereby means are provided for supporting anarticle detachabiy between said bandand bar, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character described consisting of a single pcce ofwire tapered at one end and with the other end entwisted about the Wireat a distance from said tapered end, and a ferrule slidably disposedupon the band and adapted to engage said tapered end and compress itforcibly against the body of the Wire, whereby means are provided forsupporting articles between said tapered end and the body of the wire,substantially as described.

3. A device of the character described consisting of a single piece ofwire bent to shape with one end twisted about the body of the wire at adistance from the other end, and a ferrule slidably disposed upon theband and adapted toforcibly compress the free end thereof in engag nientwith the body of 111e band, substantially as described.

4. A device of the character described consisting of a band having amovable clip-bar attached thereto by one end, and coneaved on the sideadjacent 4to the band, and a ferrule slidably disposed upon the band andadapted to clamp the concaved side of the clip-bar into engagementtherewith, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES AUGUST LUCK lfIE lil).

Witnesses:

E. J. HERwIcK, Guo. W. WILL.

